Cigar transferring device



Feb. 28, 1933. R. J. BEUTEL ET AL CIGAR TRANSFERRING DEVICE Filed March17, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet.

INVENTOR TORN EY Feb. 28, 1933. R. .1.- BEUTEL ET AL 1,899,179I

GIGAR TRANSFERRING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet `2 mOI @v lPatented Feb. 28,1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT JACOB BEUTEL, 0F BROOKLYN, ANDPONT'US PETERSON, OF RICHMOND BILL,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO INTERNATIONAL CIG-AR MACHINERY COMPANY, A COR-PoRATIoN 0E NEW JERsEY CIGAR TRANSFERRING DEVICE Application led March17, 1931. Serial No. 523,358.

This invention relates to automatic cigar transferring devices, its mainob] ect being to provide means for transferring c igars one by onesidewise from one machine to another without rolling, in order that theymay reach the second machine in proper position so that they may bepacked in a cigar box without having to be turned to the proper positionafter they are ejected from the second machine. I

yIn the present invention this object is achieved through transferfingers which engage behind the two ends of the cigars as they areejected from the them along one step, rise, and then return and engagebehind the following cigar, and then repeat this operation.. The cigarsare fed in this manner onto a conveyor provided with means to preventtheir turning while they are intermittently advanced to a transfer armwhich is adapted to feed them one by one to the second machine. Withthis and otherobjects not specifically mentioned in view, the inventionconsists in certain constructions and combinations which will lbehereinafter fully described and then specifically set forth in theclaims hereunto appended. l

l In4 the accompanying drawings, which show the application of theinvention to al cigar feed from a cigar banding to a cigar envelopingmachine F1g. 1 is a side elevation of the improved cigar feed;

Fig. 2 1s a plan view of thesame;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on line 3 3 of Figsf2;

Fig. 4 is a se 4--4 of Fig. 1

"Fig, 5 is a sectional elevation taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is an end elevation taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1, showing thetransfer fingers in engagement with a' cigar.

In carrying the invention into effect there is provided means forforwarding al row o cigars sidewisc in spaced relation to each other,and means for feeding more widely spacedcigars to the forwarding means.In

tional elevation taken on line andthe best forms of constructioncontemplated,

first machine, push rods 32 mountedin bearing brackets f 14. The guidebridges 31 are attached tothe .the forwarding means includes a slottedsupport and conveyor chains running in said slots and provided withspaced push fingers adaptv ed to engage the cigars, and the feedingmeans includes reciprocating rods and a plurality `of spaced transferlingers o n each of said yrods scope of the claims, for the particulardevice selected to illustrate the invention is but onel of many possibleconcrete embodiments of the same. The invention, therefore, is not to berestricted to the specific construction shown and described. Y

Referring to the drawings, the cigars C are ejected from a bandingmachine, not shown, on an extension table 10 within the reach oftransfer fingers 11l mounted on rods 12 slidably supported in bearingsl13 and 14 which are fastened to transfer table 15. On rods 12 aremounted arms 16 carrying cam rollers 17 engaging in cam tracks 18mounted -on vertical rods 19 slidably supported by bearing bracket 20 ontransfer table 15. The rods is supported by bea-ring bracket 24 mountedon transfer table 15. Lever 23 engages with a lever 25 having an arm 26carrying roller 27 engaging with a track of cam 28. Lever 25 is pivotedon shaft 29 which is supported by bearing brackets 30 fastened totransfer table 15. The rods 12 are rotatably mounted in the guidebridges 31 slidably supported on guide 13 and rods 12 in such a manneras to move them in their lengthwise direction but permit them to turn.Guide bridges 31 are actuated through connecting rods 33 fromoscillating levers 34 19 are actuated by levers 21 mounted on shaft 3,5

22 which is operatedI from lever 23. Shaft 22 mounted on shaft 29 whichalso carries a bevel gear segment 35 meshing with bevel gear segment 36equipped with a cam lever 37 which actuates the segments 35 and 36 andshaft 29 by means of cam roller 38 following Cam track 39 in cam 40 onshaft 41. Gear segment 36 and cam lever 37 are pivoted on stud 42 heldby bearing 43 of bracket 30.

' The transfer fingers 11 engage behind the two ends of one cigar, pushit along one step, rise, and then'return and engage behind the nextfollowing cigar. The raising and lowering of the fingers 11 is effectedby the oscillating motion of rods 12 actuated ,through arms 16 and cams18 by 'rods 19 which are moved up and down by cam 28. The longitudinalmotion of fingers 11 and rods 12 is effected by guide bridges 31 whichthrough connecting rods 33, lever 34 and segments 35 and 36 receivereciprocating motion from cam 40.

When the cigars C are pushed forward by the fingers 11 on the extensiontable 10, a guide plate 44 prevents them from rolling over. Guide plate44 is resiliently suspended from a rail 45 loosely mounted on a rod 46supported by bearing brackets 13.

The fingers 11 push the cigars t) on the support 15 which is providedwith grooves 47 in which a pair of conveyor chains 48 are traveling insynchronized motion with fingers 11. Chains 48 are driven from sprockets49 over idler sprockets 50. To insure the proper tension of the chains48, tightener sprockets 51 are provided. The latter are mounted ontension arms 52 pivoted by bearing brackets 24. Sprockets 49 are mountedon shaft 54 held by bearing brackets 55 and are driven from the maindrive of the banding machine, not shown, or from the cigar envelopingmachine, not shown, if the latter is driven from the banding machine.Sprockets 50 are loosely mounted on shaft 56 supported in brackets 24.The conveyor chains 48 are equipped with spaced push hngers 57 soarranged that each cigar is pushed individually and the cigars cannottouch each other while being transferred. rlhe cigars are advanced in astep by step motion in synchronism with-the 'motion of the transferfingers 11. fn order to from rolling while being pushed, a flexiblestripv58 carrying small blocks 59 of suitable light'material rests ontop of the cigars while moving on support 15. One end of the strip 58 isheld by clamps 60 fastened to rod 46 but the Iother end is free.

toroll when they are forwarded due to the nfriction of the support 15 onthe bottom face of the cigars, it has been found necessary to providethe strip 58 with the weights 59 to press it against the top face of thecigars to compensate for the friction of the support 15.

F rom the support 15 the cigars are transferred into the turret of acigar enveloping by means of relatively machine, not shown,

on shaft 53 supported prevent the cigars' As the cigars tend vsupport 15is equipped with curved guide bridges having tension springs 66 bearingon the cigar being transferred and causing it to lay fiat on transferarm 61 during its transfer stroke. The guideA bridges 65 are held byrods 67 and 68 mounted in adjustable bearing brackets 69 fastened totransfer table 15. In order to keep the cigars in alignment, the support15 has guide rails 70 fastened by brackets 71 to the support 15.

What is claimed is:

1. Means for forwarding widely spaced Cigars, comprising a table,transfer fingers adapted to engage the cigars on said table, a pair ofreciprocating rods extending along the table and supporting saidiingers,means for reciprocating said rods, mechanism for oscillatingsaid rods to move said fingers in and out of operative position, a railoverlying said table and pivotally supportedat one of its ends from saidtable, and a guide plate yieldingly supported from said rail to engagethe top of the cigars on the table to prevent rolling thereof.

2. Means for forwarding widely spaced cigars, comprising a table,transfer fingers adapted to eivigage the cigars on said table, rodssupporting said fingers, arms carried by said rods and provided with camrollers, guide bridges in which said rods are rotatably mounted,oscillating levers connected to said guide bridges to reciprocate saidrods, reciprocating cam tracks engaging said rollers to move saidfingers in' and out of operative position, mechanism for oscillatingsaid levers and reciprocating said tracks, a rail overlying said tableand pivotally supported at one of its ends from said table, and a guideplate yieldingly supported from said rail to engage the top of thecigars on said table to prevent rolling thereof.

ln testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification.

ROBERT JACOB' BEUTEL. PONTUS PETERSN.

